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Arch Patton, It Was 1993, Chapter 22
Arch Patton It Was 1993 Chapter 22 The pilot had wangled a small bolt cutter from somewhere. The advantage of the thing was how easy it was to conceal (being less than the length of a normal man’s arm), the disadvantage was in its diminished cutting capability. And...![Arch Patton, It Was 1993, Chapter 24](https://jamesstrauss.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/radio-room.png)
Arch Patton, It Was 1993, Chapter 24
Arch tore the tape from the German’s mouth. The entire affair, since finding the top secret supposedly by surprise, had been one of risk. Risk to people. Still Cyn, Atlantis, the pilot and even the dingo had gone along, and they’d been at high risk, all of them…..
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Arch Patton, It Was 1993, Chapter 25
Arch knew that their only hope for surviving getting into Maui, and possibly beyond, lay with the radio operator. They had to have a ‘front’ aboard the Independence, and then some sort of protection when getting off the ship at the port in Maui…..